Stinkoman's theme song, which accompanied most of his early appearances and featured pseudo-Japanese lyrics (actually the words "Challenge" and "Fighting" repeated as if spoken by a Japanese person), was actually a background tune from the NES racing game Rad Racer. The composer, Nobuo Uematsu, would later be famous for the soundtracks of the Final Fantasy games and the main theme of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Various facets of Stinkoman's persona refer specifically to characters in real-world popular culture. In particular, Stinkoman is very similar in build to the NES incarnation of Mega Man, who also had blue hair at one point. In fact, Stinkoman's sprite in Stinkoman 20X6 is a modified version of the original Mega Man sprite.

Stinkoman's lines, "Are you asking for a challenge?!" and "No way, you're just a kid! Maybe when you're older!" are very similar in both content and intonation to messages spoken by the Mega Man 8 boss Tengu Man: "Are you worthy of my challenge?" and "It's just a kid, don't make me laugh!" The line "No way, you're just a kid! Maybe when you're older!" is used several times in the anime movie Akira. The 20X6 and Akira connection appears again in an Easter egg in 3 Times Halloween Funjob. It is thought that his voice is based on Cam Clarke's rendition of Akira's protagonist, Kaneda.

Stinkoman has a strange habit of eating dirt, such as when he finds the time capsule in the email of the same name. Additionally, in Under Construction, he tastes what he thinks is dirt even though it turns out to be pudding.

His trademark attack is the "double deuce", which shows him holding his "hands" in front of himself and shouting "DOUBLE DEUUUUUUUCE!!!" while a glowing aura surrounds him, similar to various attacks done by Goku in Dragonball Z.